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News - GSK Sales Director claims he was fired for being a man

GlaxoSmithKline LLC was hit last month with a gender discrimination suit in New Jersey state court from a former sales manager who says he was pushed out of his job for a less-qualified woman in order to fulfill a diversity initiative.

Joseph Cappellino filed his suit against the drug company in the Superior Court of New Jersey on June 14. Cappellino said in his complaint that GSK used the circumstances surrounding a training evaluation exam — one unrelated to or indicative of his job performance as grounds for the complaint according to Law 360